Ketogenic Diet
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The Ketogenic Diet is a type of Diet that consists of large quantities of Dietary Fat and only small quantities of Dietary Protein and Dietary Carbohydrates.
Therapeutic Use of the Ketogenic Diet
Nervous System
The Ketogenic Diet is often used for the treatment of Epilepsy (epileptics have an underlying tendency towards Alkalosis which may be responsible for the impaired conduction of Nerve Impulses seen in epileptics: the Ketogenic Diet encourages Acidosis, the opposite to Alkalosis). [1]
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